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No. 239,265. Patented March 22, I881.

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HENRY D. MUSSELMAN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOB. M. SLAYMAKER, OF SAME PLACE.

TOOL FOR DRIVING GLAZIERS POINTS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 239,265, dated March 22,1881.

Application filed September 24, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concernBe it known that I, HENRY D. MUSSELMAN, of Lancaster, Lancaster county,Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Tool for DrivingGlazing-Points, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tool, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same, partly in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

them in a plane with the tool, and pressing or driving them into thesash.

The invention consists, in constructing a tool for drivingglazing-points, of a magnet having platesattached to its upper and lowersides, anda handle ofl'setting at an oblique angle from the plane of themagnet, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the magnet, which is of the horseshoe pattern. As shown inthe drawings, the bent part of themagnct A is covered upon the upper andlower sides with plates B, to keep the arms of the magnet from springingwhen the implement is in use.

To the magnet A, or to the plates B, is attached a handle, 0, whichshould incline upward, so that it can be conveniently grasped and heldwhile the tool rests squarely upon the glass. The handle 0 may be madehollow, and may have its outer end closed by a screwcap, D, so that itcan serve as areceptacle for carrying the points.

In using the tool a number of points are thrown upon the glass, whichare taken up, one at a time, by the magnet, as indicated in Fig. 1, andheld in line with the plane of the tool, so as to be in position to bepressed into the wood. In case the sash is made of wood so hard that thepoints cannot be pressed into it, they can be first started by pressure,and can then be driven into place by means of the flat side edge of themagnet, used as a hammer. The tool can also be used with advantage forpicking up points from the glass, as they will all adhere to it at thesame time, so as to save much time and many points which otherwise wouldbe wasted.

In defining my invention more clearly, I

would state that I am aware that hammers have been made with acylindrical extension at right-angles to the handle, which extension hasbeen magnetized, so as to attract a tack and hold it until it is driven.This could not, however, be used for inserting glaziers points, whichare in the nature of flat three-cornered bits of tin or sheet-iron.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A glaziers tool for inserting points or triangularbits of tin or sheet-iron, consisting of a horseshoe-magnet, A A, havinga handle oft setting obliquely from the bend, and plates B B, arrangedon the sides of the magnet, as and for the purpose described.

HENRY D. MUSSELMAN.

Witnesses:

JNo. F. HEINITSH, JOHN B. RUPLEY.

